Another reason I welcome the change is that Mama’s always carping at me, especially at the table.

Pim has nearly reached the bothng point; Mrs. van D. is lying in bed with a cold, grumbling; Mr. van D. is growing pale without his cigarettes; Dussel, who’s having to give up many of his comforts, is carping at everyone; etc., etc.

There are no more uses of "carp" in the book.

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By November Piedmont had evidently tired of my carping and unrelenting bitching about conditions at the school.

Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide

"Ma chere, I serve a man who multiplied the loaves and fishes"—he smiled, nodding at the pool, where the swirls of the carps’ feeding were still subsiding—"who healed the sick and raised the dead.